Coffee Bay Beach surfForecast / Eastern Cape – Wild Coast / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Tuesday 16 Sep 2025 SAST
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Coffee Bay Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Coffee Bay Beach sea temperature is
20.8° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Coffee Bay Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Coffee Bay Beach at 2PM is: 4.5m 14s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.6m 9s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00am September 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Sep)8ft (2.5m)12s
Afternoon (16 Sep)15ft (4.5m)14s
Evening (16 Sep)13ft (4.0m)13s

Table - waves today at Coffee Bay Beach. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
16
Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Fri
19
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
3
2
0
0
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!
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2
1
2
4
4
4
4
4
2
1
1
3
4
4
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
SSW
2.5
SSW
2
SSW
4.5
SSW
5
SSW
4.5
SSW
4
SSW
3
SSW
4
SSW
3.5
SSW
2.4
SSW
2.4
SSW
2.3
SSW
2.4
SSW
2.5
S
2.5
S
2.5
SSW
2.4
S
2.3
S
2.1
S
2
S
1.9
SSW
2.2
S
1.9
S
Period(s) (?)131214141413131213121212121313131313131313131212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)53624861980728596796970466532267412580419052127244825122476223720381978180218921718169115361694
Wind
(km/h)
20
WSW
20
WSW
35
SW
55
SSW
55
SSW
40
SW
35
SW
30
WSW
25
WSW
20
WSW
20
S
20
SSE
10
SE
5
NE
10
N
5
NNW
10
W
10
WSW
15
S
20
S
15
SSE
10
S
5
S
5
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
crossglassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:23PM
1.05
12:57AM
1.12
1:35PM
1.23
1:51AM
1.27
2:16PM
1.40
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:40AM
0.68
6:46PM
0.65
7:20AM
0.53
7:50PM
0.49
8:03AM
0.37
8:27PM
0.34
Tuesday
16
Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Fri
19
Sunrise-6:01-------6:00-------5:58------
Sunset----5:54-------5:55-------5:55---
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C182124201917151413151818181716151416181919181817
Feels °C (?)1617161099777101313151614131214161616171817
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  1. weather stationWind Update The wind is still offshore at Coffee Bay Beach (moderate winds from the W at Mthatha Airport 69 km from Coffee Bay Beach). A 0.7m swell from the ENE

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